Posts Tagged ‘LOPE’

• For Profit Education Disaster
  Posted by Leigh Drogen on August 16th, 2010 at 11:28 am, Comments: 0

  Last winter I was heavily long for profit education names $CPLA and $DV.  I took some excellent money out of them, and pretty much sold out at the top.  No, I didn’t sell out because I saw this catastrophe coming, although I was well aware of the shaky ground they were standing on.  I sold out [...]

• Dropping Out of School
  Posted by Leigh Drogen on April 13th, 2010 at 7:21 pm, Comments: 0

  My long held education positions are all gone as of the close today.  I sold the last of my Devry $DV shares as they were up nearly 10%, I had sold out of Capella Education $CPLA on the 7th of this month.  Below are the two charts which show my buys and sells for each [...]

• Major Day of Winship
  Posted by Leigh Drogen on February 18th, 2010 at 12:46 am, Comments: 0

  You won’t normally catch me doing two things, rooting for stocks (in either direction), or patting myself on the back for making good calls.  But….just as it’s always useful to slap yourself on the wrist for deviating from your trading plan, or making a bonehead mistake, reinforcing sound trading and good achievement is positive and [...]

• Momentum Book Update
  Posted by Leigh Drogen on February 13th, 2010 at 5:59 pm, Comments: 0

  It was a frustrating week for the bears.  Several times it seemed as if all it would take to tip us over the edge was a hand full of sell programs.  After the major hammer from last Friday it seems that the bears have run out of ammo for now.  On the swing time frames, [...]

• Push Towards the 20 Day
  Posted by Leigh Drogen on February 12th, 2010 at 12:58 am, Comments: 0

  The market is pushing its way up to test that 20 day moving average on the $SPY.  Don’t be stubborn, take some exposure off when it gets there and wait for resolution.